This is the badge system issued by Lian Zining throughout the army, and all officers with grades in the thirty-second rank have such a small sign on their chests, which is very easy to identify. In the Wu Yi Army, these thirty-two titles are similar to the military rank system of later generations, and it is clear who is higher and who is lower. This is Lian Zining in order to prevent the chaos in the army, there is a situation where the soldiers cannot find the generals, and the soldiers cannot be found.

From the beginning of the Jingnan camp, Wu Yijun began to hold various 'literacy classes', over the years, the education level of the sergeants and soldiers in the army is not high, but more or less literate. It's still easy to distinguish the ranks.

Of course, a high military rank does not mean how high the official position is, in fact, the rank of the commander of this level of officers is also uneven, and the rank badge and the officer's waist card have become a rough system for officers of the Wuyi Army.

Of course, Lian Zining's intention to introduce the thirty-two-rank title system is not limited to this.

Today, all the commander-level officials of the Wu Yi Army, including the pacification of the army, were recruited by Lian Zining, who was surrounded by the stars and the moon among the crowd, only wore a big red coat like fire, and turned out a white fur collar, which was made of a fine snow fox skin, snow-white and pure like ice and snow, without flaws, and inside was a moon-white Confucian shirt, and the fabric of high-grade Huxiang silk.

A gentleman is like jade, but that's it.

Lian Zining was riding on a horse, but his eyes were looking around, and the overall structure of the terrain near here was gradually formed in his mind.

There was a look of satisfaction on his face.

The terrain gradually improved, and the further you went, the more rugged the ground became, and there were many rocks on the ground, many of which were as large as houses. There are also deep and shallow ravines that are vertical and horizontal, the big ones are more than ten zhang wide, five or six zhang deep, and the small ones are also three or two zhang deep. The rock wall of the ravine is straight and straight, and if you fall down, you will definitely have no problem falling into meat sauce.

Fortunately, I heard that the adults are coming here today, and yesterday a stone pillar sent someone to investigate in advance, not only to find a road that can be passed, but also to smooth it slightly. Everyone had to dismount and walk.

All the generals frowned a little, but even Zining dismounted in front of him, and walked forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow, what else did they have to say.

Here, you can already see a huge stone mountain in front of you, and although the stone mountain is a mountain, it actually looks like a huge rock. It's all one, and not even a single grass can grow on it. Bare, the whole shape looks like a stake left over from a large tree that has been cut down, and the four walls are extremely steep. Straight up and down, and above, it is very flat, a huge open space.

The crowd walked for two teas, and crossed at least five and three zhang wide, bottomless ravines, on which a simple wooden bridge was built improvisely, made of large trees cut down in the nearby forest, although simple, but strong. I walked to the foot of the stone mountain. Looking at the rock wall that goes straight up and down, there is a feeling of a high mountain looking up.

In fact, this rocky mountain rock plate is not extremely high, only about 200 meters, which can only be regarded as a small size, but because the surrounding terrain is flat and vast fields. But here it is raised from the ground, so it is extremely tall. Crouch like a lion.

Shi Dazhu said: "The people sent yesterday found a path, but it is very difficult to walk, your lord?" ”

Lian Zining waved his hand, turned around and said loudly: "Generals, go up with this official!" ”…,

"No!" The crowd agreed.

This path is really quite difficult to walk, only about two people can walk in parallel, and it is said that it is a road, but it is actually covered with high and low stones, and it is very difficult to climb it with both hands and feet. Fortunately, Lian Zining and these generals under him are all leading generals, their personal martial arts are extraordinary, and their physical fitness is also excellent, but it is not very difficult.

After a cup of tea, I finally climbed up, and above it was a huge platform, quite flat, two or three miles in circles, with large pieces of gravel scattered on it. On this, the wind was extremely violent, and the faces of the people with the snow hurt, and Lian Zining felt a chill rushing to his face, and he couldn't help but tighten the big air on his body.

He said surprisingly little today, and when he came up, he wrapped himself around the top of the house, walked around for a while, and then walked to the south.

Under the rock wall, there is hatred of the ancient river.

Lian Zining leaned over to the edge of the cliff to look, of course, with his current status, there were already dozens of guards standing on the edge of the cliff arm in arm to form a human-shaped railing, lest he fall down for a while. Looking down, there was a patch of white ice and snow in between, and it was so far away that it even showed a greenish color.

This cliff bank is too steep and too high, and after looking at it twice, Lian Zining is a little sweaty on the soles of his feet and palms - he actually has a fear of heights.

The river makes a big bend here, and the river turns south, then turns northeast after rounding the huge rocky rock.

It can be found here that although the north side of this huge boulder is only about 200 meters high, but on the side of the ancient river, it is a steep cliff, like a knife, and it is about 300 meters high.

As you can imagine, if you look up from the river, you will feel like you're looking up at a cliff that you can't climb.

This is the highest point within dozens of miles or even hundreds of miles around, so at a glance, you can't see the edge at all, you can only see the vast wilderness, forests and rivers are at your feet, and you will spontaneously have a heroic feeling of 'being at the top of the mountain, and seeing the mountains at a glance'. The stone mountain is like a crouching lion, looking down on the vast land at the foot of this piece.

"Everyone!" Lian Zining greeted him, and all the generals surrounded him.

Lian Zining pointed to his feet and said: "Everyone, the position we are in now is the one that this official negotiated with the Jurchens, and the dividing point between the two, from here to the south and east, this vast thousands of miles of fertile fields has been occupied by our Wu Yi Army." And what I want to tell you today is, here! ”

He paused, stomped hard with his foot, looked around and said, "Here." 600 miles to the Jurchen Khanate in the west, 630 miles to the territory of the Russians in the north, 1,100 miles to the Whale Sea in the east, and 450 miles to the White Eagle Gorge in the south! Go south to Zhenyuan Mansion. 1,300 miles! And if you look at this stone mountain under our feet, this official has already sent people to explore everywhere, this is the most dangerous terrain within a radius of 200 miles, according to this place, the eagle looks at the Jin country, and can send troops to the north at any time; It can echo with the north and south of the White Eagle Gorge camp. control of the homeland of the Hercynian Jurchens; You can go down the river and go straight into the Songhua River; And to the east of this place is a vast field with a radius of thousands of miles, in which there are countless wild maidens living in the forest and in the plain. It is because of this place that it is extremely important, and such natural dangers must not be abandoned. The commander decided to build a fortified city here and garrison it. ”

His eyes slowly swept over the faces of the generals: "Everyone. Which of you wants to stay? ”

There was a quiet silence.

No one spoke, but their hearts were all turning and thinking rapidly.

If you stay, the risk is not to mention, if the Jurchens want to attack south, they will definitely be the first to be unlucky here, and a bloody battle is inevitable. And this place is too far away from the base camp of Wuyi Army's Yuanfu Town, which has some meaning of guarding the border, and it is far away from Lian Zining, which is a sentiment. Naturally, it slowly faded away. …,

But the benefits are also the same - once there is a war, the fight will start here first, and it goes without saying that you can get a war to fight, and it goes without saying that you can make meritorious contributions.

It's enough to have this one, which of these generals is afraid of death? I'm afraid that I won't be able to fight. Immediately, they all expressed their willingness to stay.

The military heart is available, and Lian Zining is also very satisfied, after he swept around, he said lightly: "Commander Chen, you stay!" ”

Everyone was stunned.

Chen Dakang is old after all, and because of his mistakes, he was suppressed by Lian Zining for a period of time, and he has been tepid since then, among these commanders under Lian Zining, of course, his status cannot be regarded as low, but he is only a middle-class child, far less than Xiong Tingbi, Yang Husheng, Jin, Nurhachi, Dong Ce, etc., who have gradually been noticed by the surrounding forces, and are even more famous generals in the army.

Unexpectedly, he was chosen.

Chen Dakang himself didn't expect it, but his will to fight as a soldier and his desire to make meritorious contributions have not grown old with age. At that moment, he fell to the ground: "The last general commands!" Never live up to the trust of adults. ”

"Your ability, the official has always known." Lian Zining smiled slightly: "Come, go with the official." ”

"Yes, sir!" Chen Dakang responded, and with Lian Zining behind, he was one position behind, and his waist was slightly bent, very respectful.

When Lian Zining led his troops south to quell the Baipao Rebellion, he had a very close relationship with Chen Dakang, and often called him 'Big Brother'. It's just that now, the world has changed, Lian Zining is no longer the commander of the original affairs, and his heart has long changed, and he can no longer call out that big brother. And Chen Dakang is also very measured, and he has never put on a big brother stand, and he is even very secretive about that part of the relationship, and he has never even mentioned it to anyone.

The past is like smoke, and it's not interesting to talk about it anymore.

Lian Zining walked to the north, looked down at the ground below, and said lightly: "Old Chen, do you know why I chose you?" ”

The title of 'Lao Chen' made Chen Dakang's body shake slightly, and he felt a little emotion in his heart, and said: "I don't know the end." ”

Lian Zining didn't explain, but said, "Then tell me, let's build a strong city here, why did we come?" ”

Chen Dakang said: "First, you can attack the Jurchens to the north, and second, you can control the alien races around you!" ”

"The latter is right, but the first is wrong." Lian Zining smiled slightly, turned around and stared at him, and said word by word: "We don't want to attack the Jurchens, but to defend against the Jurchens!" ”

"Defense?" Chen Dakang couldn't help but be surprised.

"That's right." Lian Zining said: "In the past six months, we have been fighting continuously, the soldiers are tired, and the territory we occupy is too big, which is enough to digest for a while." The next thing that needs to be done is to recuperate, reclaim the fields, and establish the government, so the official estimates that there will be no war for a long time. And what you have to do is not to think about how to attack, but to defend against the attack of the Jurchens. Of course, the official estimates that they don't have the courage to do so. ”

"We're putting our fists away now, but only when we close them back, and when we punch again, can we be more powerful. Punch your enemies to death! ”

Lian Zining said:

"Thou art the oldest of all the armies, and thou art the most respectful, thy second guard. When it comes to defensive ability, it is the first. You are responsible for this errand, and the official is very relieved. ”

Chen Dakang replied angrily: "My lord, please put it down!" If the Jurchens go south, they must step on the body of the last general. ”

"Well, I'm trustworthy." Lian Zining nodded, then pointed to the east and said, "Also." Your other errand is them. Those wild Jurchens. ”…,

"Convey to them the orders of their own officials, and make them submit, and each tribe will contribute a certain number of troops to serve our Wuyi army according to their population, and at the same time they can do business with them and communicate with them. And if there is one who is not convinced. Lian Zining's faint words had a chill in Sensen: "Then let's kill it, yes, kill a hundred people!" ”

"Yes, I will wake up."

To put it bluntly, it's just the one that Lian Zining used to deal with the wild girl. Obedient, mutually beneficial, disobedient. A fat beating.

So much for.

Lian Zining said again: "This time, in addition to the second guard of your headquarters, this official will leave you with 10,000 Jurchen slave soldiers, you take good care of them, don't make any trouble." ”

He stamped the soles of his feet vigorously: "I left them for you to build a city, I think it's good here, if you build a strong city here, there are 5,000 soldiers guarding it, I'm afraid that even 500,000 troops can't defeat it." ”

Lian Zining's words can be said to be without any exaggeration, this stone mountain rock plate is so high. Moreover, there are almost seventy or eighty degree cliffs on all sides, which are simply cliffs that go straight up and down, and the steepness is comparable to the hundred-foot cliff of Huashan. It was only through the path that was barely called a road when the crowd came, and it was covered with tooth rock, and it was enough to hold the path to keep the strong enemy out. And those very deep and wide ravines when they came. Isn't it a natural moat? With a little use, it is another natural risk. This place is close to the river, there is no shortage of water, as long as the grain and grass are sufficient, hundreds of thousands of troops are indeed staring at the lotus in vain.

"Besides, the official has another idea." Lian Zining took a few steps to the side, pointed to the direction to the west, and said, "Since we are mainly on defense, we have to guard against the Jurchen surprise attack, and it is absolutely impossible to rely on this city alone." So you can go west from here, every thirty or fifty miles along the way, build a beacon tower, send troops to garrison it, I see, there are eighteen beacon towers are enough! The number of troops required is not very large, but the effect is enormous. ”

Chen Dakang hurriedly responded, he is an experienced veteran, and naturally has his own experience. Lian Zining only needs to mention one or two points, and it is enough to set the general direction.

"You leave a month's worth of grain and grass, and when the official returns to Zhenyuan Mansion, he will immediately send someone to bring you the grain, and in addition, there are two new soldiers of the guard. You take it with you. ”

Chen Dakang was a little worried about the lack of troops in his hands, and he was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "Thank you, sir." ”

"Thank me for what?" Lian Zining smiled slightly: "This is for you to train the troops, let these new soldiers kill the wild Jurchens and see blood." ”

After everyone went down from the boulder, they looked up at this boulder again, the texture was delicate and the color was blackened, so Lian Zining personally named it Heimu Cliff.

The sound of the axe is incessant, and on the second day, it can be seen that the huge cliff wall is carved with three huge seals of the black wood cliff, each word is full of ten zhang square circle, and the three feet deep word is poured with melted copper juice, after solidifying, the color is golden red, brilliant Xuanhe, and it can be seen within a hundred miles around.

In front of the army of tens of thousands of people, Lian Zining commanded Chen Dakang to garrison the Black Wood City, commanded the second guard, and ten thousand households in the tenth guard, built a city here, and garrisoned.

From the beginning of the same day, Chen Dakang began to command his soldiers to cut down large trees, dig huge rocks, and build a city on top of the Black Wood Cliff.

Lian Zining continued to lead his troops south.

Lian Zining originally wanted to go back to Zhenyuan Mansion for the New Year, but due to the heavy snow that delayed the road, it was already the twenty-third of the lunar month when he arrived at Heimu Cliff, and this year is a small year, only the twenty-ninth of the lunar month, without thirty, twenty-nine is equivalent to thirty.

Therefore, I hurried and hurried, and on the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, I arrived at the camp of the Wuyi Army in Baiying Gorge.

Left behind in the camp of the Wuyi Army was a thousand households in the Eighth Guard Wang Ji's department, and when he heard the news of the arrival of the army, he hurriedly came out to greet him. …,

When the army entered the city, Wang Ji's subordinates did a very good job, and received the news that the army was coming, so they sent people to clean the barracks all over the place early, and also cut large bundles of firewood and piled them everywhere, and the barracks were burned warmly, and hot soup and hot rice were already prepared.

These days are rushed. The soldiers and generals were very tired, and after entering the city, they each stayed in the original order, and began to eat and rest, and were in good order. Lian Zining walked around the camp with the guards. also nodded secretly, and then went back to his big tent.

As a result, I just sat down and washed my face, drank two sips of tea, and was laughing with Nona, looking at the little face of the ruddy and shy Nona's index finger, I wanted to pull her into the back tent to pour the phoenix upside down, but I didn't expect that it often backfired. Shi Dazhu's voice came from outside: "My lord, Wang Ji commanded his subordinate Hao Qianhu to come to see the standard, saying that two letters came from Zhenyuan Mansion yesterday. ”

Lian Zining's expression froze: "But someone from MI6 sent it?" ”

"Yes!"

Lian Zining took a breath and said in a deep voice, "Send it in!" ”

Shi Dazhu answered, lifted the curtain and walked in, handing a mahogany box to Lian Zining.

The seals on it are all complete, and naturally no one dares to open his letter.

Lian Zining opened the box. There were two envelopes inside, and he picked up the one on it first and tore it open, but there was no more than a piece of paper inside. A few lines. Lian Zining recognized that this was Amber's self. After reading it, his face remained unchanged, but there was already some haze in his eyes. And when I opened the envelope below, I wrote a little more this time.

After Lian Zining read it once, the haze in his eyes disappeared, and then he watched it again, and when he looked at it for the third time, the corners of his mouth were already slightly hooked, revealing a smile.

Let the heart smile slightly. Secretly said: "Amber, this girl, you must spank her when you go back!" ”

It turned out that the first letter was written that Yan Dao Qincha had arrived at Zhenyuan Mansion ten days ago, and he was menacing, his face was not good, and he was notified before he entered the city. He wanted Lian Zining to go out of the city twenty miles and kneel to welcome the angels. Dong Laohu led people to welcome him in, and after learning that Lian Zining was not there and had already led the troops to the battle, Na Qincha was even more displeased, and said a lot of bitter words, Dong Laohu had to laugh with him, and sent a large sum of money up, so that Qincha could be regarded as stopping, and finally lived in Zhenyuan Mansion. is picky that the house is not beautiful enough, and the subordinates who serve are clumsy, but Dong Laohu is so angry that he can't pull out the knife on his waist to chop him!

But after settling down, Amber summoned Dong Laohu and taught him face-to-face, asking him to deal with Na Qincha.

After waiting for six or seven days, there was another group of Qincha, this Qincha was much stronger, and the smile on his face was not big, naturally Dong Laohu came forward to entertain him, and the Qincha also said that it was Wu Yibo's old acquaintance. When asked about the purpose, he said that if it wasn't for Wu Yibo in person, he couldn't disclose it. It's just that after the Qin cha entered the city, the first thing he did was to go to see the previous group, and after talking about it, he didn't know what to say, and the previous group of Qin cha left in the afternoon of the same day.

Then it didn't take long for a group of Qincha to come, this Qincha, the attitude was also very good, kind and tight, but the tone was also very tight, I heard that Wu Yibo was leading the troops to fight outside, and he was not in a hurry to go, but he drank and feasted with another group of Qincha every day, and when he had nothing to do, he went out to enjoy the snow and hunt. Dong Laohu asked Dong Sanlin to accompany them every day, looking at this, these people from the palace turned out to be addicted to staying in Zhenyuan Mansion, and they didn't even urge them, which was quite happy.

Hence these two letters.

Lian Zining saw it, and he was naturally very happy in his heart. …,

Although he is far away from the border, due to a large number of arrangements, the movements in Beijing cannot be hidden from him. Needless to say, the first group of messengers were naturally beaten and humiliated and punished. And the arrival of the second wave of chincha first shows one thing - the punishment has been recovered. Not only were the punishments recovered, but there were even generals, as for what the rewards were, it was not known for the time being. And what about the third batch?

Lian Zining calculated, the person he sent to repay the merit must have arrived first, which was the reason why the second holy decree was sent. As for transporting Damu to Liyue, it should have been delayed for a few days, and with his understanding of Zhengde, seeing that he was so deferential to his old man and so dedicated to his work, he was satisfied in his heart, and he could not say that he could not sweep the Haixi Jurchens more than he could.

This third decree is also good news!

There is no doubt that this is what his actions have done, first of all, the good news and the great achievements are enough to offset all the guilt; secondly, to transport large trees and make friends with the emperor; Again and again, at the same time, there are old men and other important ministers in the DPRK and China who speak for themselves, so the three-pronged approach will naturally come to fruition.

This also made him very relieved, the dynasty has always had the habit of humiliating military generals, and being taken off and spanked in front of hundreds of thousands of troops will not only make Lian Zining's prestige in the army drop sharply, but also such a huge humiliation is definitely not something that Lian Zining can bear now! Therefore, in the face of such a situation, we can only resist angrily!

But now is not the best time.

Not to mention that the wives and concubines are all in the capital, the father-in-law will also be implicated, and the widows and families of those martyrs who died in the Jingnan camp will become the objects of the imperial court's anger. And on his own side, he is also unprepared, throughout the ages, those who can win a country by raising troops in one place are only Zhu Di, the king of Yan in this dynasty!

Now although the Ming Dynasty is suffering from internal and external troubles, but only those who have a very high status and a clear heart can see one or two, in the eyes of the people of the Ming Dynasty, this brilliant Ming Dynasty is still in full bloom in spring and autumn, thriving, and the flowers are tightly clustered. The people of the whole world still support the Ming Dynasty and their hearts are towards the imperial court, and at this time, the Ming Dynasty has gone through the hard work of the Zhengde Dynasty in the early stage, and it is the time when the national strength, financial strength, and military strength are unprecedentedly strong! Hundreds of millions of subjects, tens of millions of taels of silver every year, tens of millions of stone grain taxes, and hundreds of guards in the world add up to a total of more than three million soldiers!

This is definitely not something that Lian Zining can shake now.

Wu Yijun is very strong in the northeast outside the Guanwai, and even looking at the world, it is a strong army! But after all, the army has not been formed for a long time, and more importantly, the power is not big enough!

If the army really started at this time, Lian Zining could even expect that when the imperial court was surprised and had not yet reacted, it would be able to break through in the early stage, but it would not be supported by the people at all, and he would really become a loner, and in the end, it would definitely be a defeat.

The Ming Dynasty at this time is far from being in the same state as when Li Zicheng was rotten at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, what Lian Zining needs to do now is to lurk in a low-key manner, make deference to the imperial court, fight hard for the imperial court in the eyes of outsiders, and guard the frontier, he is a loyal pillar general, but at the same time, in secret, with the help of this Ming Dynasty, the power of the imperial court, secretly develop himself and constantly strengthen his own power.

Now, that's not enough!

And this time, the success of his strategy not only avoided this extremely embarrassing and passive situation, but also obtained a new opportunity for development!

Lian Zining thought in his heart, the smile at the corner of his mouth gradually rippled, turned into a laugh, he raised his voice: "Dazhu, pass on the order, Ming'er is the Chinese New Year's Eve, brothers have been fighting with this official for a year, and they all work hard and make great achievements!" Each of them was given two taels of silver, and after resting for two hours today, he went out to hunt wild beasts and birds. With Wang Dachun taking out the best spirits, tomorrow on Chinese New Year's Eve, barbecue the prey, let go of the alcohol ban, the soldiers can drink heartily, not drunk and not return! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )